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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Nourishing bodies, enriching souls and minds There's more to the MIT community than just famous researchers and brilliant students.

  

  Almost three years ago, I wrote an entry which was very special to me, talking about two people at MIT who had touched many lives. I entitled the ... ) fraternity at MIT. I never met Mr. Jackson, but the reverence with which the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 4, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Running away with the field Junot Diaz is sort of a big deal.

  

  (I've come out of blogger hibernation to post something too awesome ... and have a great first semester, Class of 2011!) As I wrote in a previous entry about Spring 07 classes, I took a short story writing class

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 10, 2007
• Blog / Events

  NSUW Coffee Chat Casual conversations with professors

  

  Today I attended the Network of Sloan Undergraduate Women (NSUW ... for the Baltimore/Washington Region American Red Cross. I talked to ... . I talked to Professor Thompson for quite a bit of time about her

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 30, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Room, A Short Story This story is somewhat weird and slightly dark. Reader's discretion is advised.

  

  I got the urge to write this short story about 2 days ago. Then, I ... unsteady smile. “I know, babe. I am relaxed. Just…I haven’t seen mom in ... dad, I suppose.” “But Amy’s coming too,” Melissa replied. “She sounds

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 2, 2014
• Blog / People & Identities

  BLÅHAJ: the Internet meme, the trans icon, the world’s favorite plush media analysis on the Swedish shark’s rise to prominence

  

  *puts on CMS hat* I LOVE watching media analysis video essays. Whenever I finish a relatively mainstream series (ex. The Owl House, The Hunger Games, Avatar the Last Airbender), I spend hours watching nearly

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 19, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What is a zonotope? yes this is a post about math

  

  plane, no two of which are parallel. I picked four vectors. In this picture, I drew them all originating from a single point, and with ... if it won’t intersect with it. In my example, I’ll draw the third

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 1, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Richard III: Behind-the-scenes [by Grace Kane '11, Guest Blogger] What does it take to put on Shakespeare at…

  

  on a series of fantastic shows each term. This term I've been ... actors. And, I'll admit, rather appropriate for a theater group that primarily uses its fake Yoric-from-Hamlet skull as a cookie bowl. I asked each

  • by ARTalk
  • March 11, 2010
• Blog / Public Service & Activism

  Ethics, AI, and the College of Computing some student voices in a campus controversy

  

  It's interesting that I've never been even remotely involved in ... Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince[/caption]   Intrigued, I reached out to ... in MIT’s ethics- sounds like an obvious question, but I think it

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • April 5, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Chocolate!!! The MIT student group The Laboratory for Chocolate Science is featured in today's Boston Globe.

  

  about the Lab for Chocolate Science at WeirdBostonEvents.org. "I'd love to ... other foods - i.e. fruity, oaky, and earthy - to chocolate. Small San ... ;     I said that this was the second major media article

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 8, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  suggestions for MIT merch but they're bad

  

  that I arrived on campus, and now there’s holiday decorations everywhere. And I have finals coming up, too? That’s wild. Anyway, it’s that time ... time for gift-giving. A couple of weeks back, I visited the MIT Coop to

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • December 10, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  Spoofy Spooky Stories MIT is ~haunted~

  

    One warm night last summer, my roommate Penny ‘24 and I were ... got this. No matter what happens, I’m so proud of you already for ... , I CAN’T FINISH IMPLEMENTING THIS EXPERIMENT IF I CAN’T TYPE. Your nth

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • October 31, 2021
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  last year's early action period, when we received 9,291. As I wrote a few ... are very proud of, and grateful for, all their hard work. I also know ... . We [annotation note="I know this looks like a large number, and it is

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 19, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2nd Half of IAP a quick and slightly belated list

  

  . It was A M A Z I N G! Ben Platt is actually not human (we are convinced ... ! OMG it was so incredible to watch, because a l l o f i t w a s p a i n t e d ! ! ! ! 8) Allan: I went to a freind's housewarming, and in true

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 13, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Emergency Application Extension for students affected by the storm

  

  extending our application deadline for for students affected by the storm, i ... , because they haven't been able to work on them with the power out. While I ... for an extended period of time - beyond the November 6th deadline - I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 31, 2011
• Blog / Community Projects

  Stepping Up MIT brings the best out of people (in between psets of course)

  

  societies at MIT to serve the community at large. "Kristi, Sally and I ... serving the community - entire communities can pitch in, too. "I grasped the ... fraternity. "I wanted to change our cause to one that is closer to the hearts

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 7, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Weekend in New York [by Davie Rolnick '11, Guest Blogger] Art Scholars go to see Wagner at the Met!

  

  , directed by Robert Lepage. Here is some background, so you understand why I ... utterly awesome - perhaps my favorite opera of all time. I tend to listen to ... affiliates. I ran across many friends outside Arts Scholars who turned out also

  • by ARTalk
  • April 22, 2011
• Blog / Events

  The Great Debate Can MIT brainpower, with the help of the LHC, finally put the matter to rest?

  

  this entry unbiased, I won’t reveal which side I’ve chosen – or rather ... . The yumminess, supposedly, also diffuses throughout the hamentaschen. (I ... (although I’m under the impression they took place in MIT’s Edgerton Center

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • March 8, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admissions Bulletin – RA News, EA Results bang it here for the latest updates and stats

  

  're getting one or two dozen buckets of mail every day. I have built a small ... when you apply. I'm hammering this point home because, as with ... bullet points version of everything I've written above: More students

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 7, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Welcoming Environment Because the best way to feel at home at MIT is to know that you…

  

  we talked more, I was surprised to find that Abigail's position, once a ... accepting of who I am." As I pulled all of these insights together, I got ... incredibly easy to talk to, but after I visited her in her office, several of

  • by Emad T. '14
  • December 22, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Famous people who didn’t go to MIT Some people are more successful because they turned down admission to MIT.

  

  You don't need MIT to be a success. Don't get me wrong -- I think MIT ... quite successful, and I applaud them for it! Let me tell you a bit about ... their wonderful meals at Kevin's Woodfire Grill (I'm jealous). MIT is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 23, 2010